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par⋅close

  [pahr-klohz]
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–noun
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
Also, perclose.
Compare rood screen.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF, n. use of fem. of parclos, ptp. of parclore to enclose fully. See per-, close
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